Aldi bean to pot machine this Sunday

livingthedream

I see Aldi are selling a coffee machine this Sunday for 50 quid that grinds beans to make a pot of coffee on a hot plate...

Doesn't say what kind of grinder it is (burr/blade) though but interesting none the less....

https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-16th-february/products-detail-page/ps/p/coffee-maker-with-grinder/

Dubl07

Last year's version had a blade and some boardsies wrote about it here.

Not bad for the money, sounds like the disposable filters are a must.

Jezek

I doubt that such a cheap machine can reach proper temperatures, and thus will be unable to produce acceptable coffee.
A hotplate also has a deleterious effect on coffee.

zagmund

It's not like the coffee needs to get to 500 degrees or anything. The cheapest, nastiest Tesco Value kettle can boil water. Why couldn't this device get it to temperature correctly?

z

BenEadir

Hi all,

We usually use a French Press to make our morning coffee but like the idea of this bean to cup machine from Aldi - https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-16th-february/products-detail-page/ps/p/coffee-maker-with-grinder/

Any reason I shouldn't buy it or are there similar/better machines available which aren't a major capital investment!!! I'd be prepared to pay up to €150 something similar but better.

Cheers,

Ben

P. Breathnach

Just a note: it's a bean to jug machine. You would get freshly-ground filter coffee.

BenEadir

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Just a note: it's a bean to jug machine. You would get freshly-ground filter coffee.

Thanks for pointing that out P. Filter coffee to a jug is fine for us but I wonder is the Aldi machine a good machine or should I invest almost 4 times as much in something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00155PUQ8/ref=s9_simh_gw_p79_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=14KP5CTYVR806HT0DQSP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455344027&pf_rd_i=468294 which has a bit more design i.e. burr grinding instead of blade, large airtight hopper for beans and a thermal flask jug rather than glass jug with hotplate which might stew the coffee?

Slaphead07

BenThere wrote: »

Any reason I shouldn't buy it or are there similar/better machines available which aren't a major capital investment!!! I'd be prepared to pay up to €150 something similar but better.

Buy an aeropress and have a weekend away with the savings. I'd be 100% confident it will make better coffee.
http://coffeeangel.com/product/aeropress-coffee-maker/

Jezek

zagmund wrote: »

It's not like the coffee needs to get to 500 degrees or anything. The cheapest, nastiest Tesco Value kettle can boil water. Why couldn't this device get it to temperature correctly?

z

very few machines can do that, and they are usually dearer than that. Don't know why!

donnacha

BenThere wrote: »

Hi all,

We usually use a French Press to make our morning coffee but like the idea of this bean to cup machine from Aldi - https://www.aldi.ie/en/specialbuys/sunday-16th-february/products-detail-page/ps/p/coffee-maker-with-grinder/

Any reason I shouldn't buy it or are there similar/better machines available which aren't a major capital investment!!! I'd be prepared to pay up to €150 something similar but better.

Cheers,

Ben

What is it you like about the machine?

Personally I'd recommend looking into buying a chemex and a hand grinder over one of these types of machines.

BenEadir

donnacha wrote: »

What is it you like about the machine?

- fresh ground coffee
- turnkey convenience
- programmable for fresh coffee in the morning
- inexpensive

I definitely wouldn't use a chemex, too messy/slow but I checked out an aeropress on YouTube and was impressed both by the the ease of use and quality it produces ordered one off justcoffee.ie this afternoon asking an Abel permanent filter :-)

Brian

Slaphead07 wrote: »

Buy an aeropress and have a weekend away with the savings. I'd be 100% confident it will make better coffee.
http://coffeeangel.com/product/aeropress-coffee-maker/

An aeropress doesn't exactly produce a jug-full of filter coffee. It's a great device but a pain to make a volume greater than one cup.

Slaphead07

Brian wrote: »

An aeropress doesn't exactly produce a jug-full of filter coffee. It's a great device but a pain to make a volume greater than one cup.

no it doesn't but people tend to only drink one mug at a time and it only takes about 2 minutes to make a mug with the aeropress - it's not really that much of a pain to make two. I've often made 3 or 4 mugs and I didn't feel the need to buy a cheap low spec machine.

donnacha

BenThere wrote: »

I definitely wouldn't use a chemex, too messy/slow

Good luck with your purchase - I'm sure you'll be delighted with it.

IMO the chemex is not a slow or messy brewing technique. I brew 800ml every morning - a brew takes just under 4 mins of which I'll spend 90-100 seconds on the pour. It really is one of the simplest and more pleasurable brewing techniques - from the aroma off the initial grind and bloom to the art of the pour. Nothing messy about it and no parts to clean other than the vessel after you've finished the coffee.

Timmaay

Picked up one of those aldi coffee makers, and sadly I'll be returning it. Worked ok 1st few days but coffee coming out just too cold now, couldn't be much over 50degrees!

Barr

Timmaay wrote: »

Picked up one of those aldi coffee makers, and sadly I'll be returning it. Worked ok 1st few days but coffee coming out just too cold now, couldn't be much over 50degrees!

I'm having the same issue now as well.

Do Aldi send them off for repair or just give a refund?

monkeysnapper

If it's inside 60 days then return it to any aldi store for full refund . If it's over 60 days then ring or email the manufacture directly . If you find your ringing and e mailing and getting no response then go to your local aldi and explain your not getting through to them and they'll have to contact supplier and get them to ring you.